Should I install a water purifier at home?

Water is the source of life. Human beings need to drink water all the time. Clean and hygienic water is the basic guarantee for life and health. However, modern pollution is becoming more and more serious, so many families have formed the awareness of installing water purifiers to filter out the impact of polluted water on life. Of course, from a certain realistic perspective, water purifiers are not yet a necessity in life. Especially for those who don’t have such a strong sense of health, is it necessary to install a water purifier at home?

The main sources of drinking water for households are

1. Boil tap water;

2. Connect bottled water to the water dispenser;

3. Purchase bottled water directly for daily use, etc.

Let’s take a look at why we should install a water purifier at home and the benefits of installing a water purifier.

Why should you install a water purifier at home?

1. After boiling the tap water, it is still impossible to remove pollutants such as heavy metals, volatile substances and dead bacteria.

Pollution 1: After tap water is disinfected with chlorine, it can kill viruses and bacteria, but it cannot remove heavy metals, volatile substances, etc., and the bodies of viruses and bacteria still exist. After chlorine disinfection, there will be residual chlorine in the water;

Pollution 2: After being transported long distances through pipelines, tap water is susceptible to secondary pollution. Rust, sediment, bacteria, etc. will once again affect the water quality of the tap water. Especially for high-rise residential buildings, because secondary pressurization is required, there are generally water tanks on the roof. This type of water tank will cause the tap water entering the home to be contaminated by sediment, rust, bacteria, etc.; so just boiling the water will not fundamentally improve the quality of the drinking water.

2. Bottled water is connected to a water dispenser, which is costly, has a short shelf life, and is more susceptible to secondary contamination.

The cost of bottled water is high, with a barrel of bottled water costing about seven to ten yuan, which is relatively expensive. At the same time, bottled water has a short storage time and is easy to deteriorate. After being connected to a water dispenser, it is in an open state and will be contaminated by pollutants in the air.

3. Bottled water is extremely expensive and not suitable for daily household use. Bottled water is used as daily water by a few wealthy families, but this method is too expensive and may not be as effective as a water purifier.

How to determine whether to install a water purifier at home

1. Look: Use a glass with high transparency to fill a glass of water, and look against the light to see if there are any tiny particles suspended in the water.

2. Smell: Use a glass to collect a glass of water as far away from the faucet as possible, then smell it with your nose to see if there is any smell of bleach.

3. Taste: Drink hot boiled water and taste it to see if there is any smell of bleach.

4. Observation: Use tap water to make tea, and observe whether the tea turns black after overnight. If the tea turns black, it means that the iron and manganese content in the tap water is seriously exceeded.

5. Check: Check the water heater and kettle at home to see if there is a layer of yellow scale on the inner wall. Water with too high hardness can easily cause scaling in the water heater pipes, which can cause pipe bursts due to poor heat exchange; long-term drinking of water with too high hardness can easily cause people to suffer from various stone diseases.

Benefits of installing a water purifier

Using a water purifier can effectively filter out various pollutants to meet the standard for drinking water, and the cost is relatively low. The water purifier is a purely physical filtration method that can effectively remove various pollutants, such as bacteria, residual chlorine, heavy metals, volatile substances, rust, silt, etc., and the cost is much lower than bottled water. The water tastes good and can be drunk directly.

1. Low cost

The current estimated price of water purifiers on the market is around three thousand yuan. If you compare a water purifier with bottled water, installing a water purifier can save nearly a thousand yuan in water costs per year.

2. Treating secondary contamination of tap water

Although disinfection of tap water can kill most bacteria and viruses, it cannot remove heavy metals and some transpiration substances in the water. Treat tap water that is contaminated secondary during transportation. Although boiled tap water would be better.

3. Convenient, safe and healthy

The water purifier is directly installed on the tap water pipe. After filtering through PPC cotton, coconut shell activated carbon and RO reverse osmosis membrane, it can reach the standard for direct drinking. The taste is much better, and the rice and soup cooked at home are more delicious.

4. Replace bottled water

Nowadays, many companies and families are drinking bottled water. The price of a bottle of bottled water is about 8 to 15 yuan, and some are more expensive. This bottled water is also processed by a water purifier or a pure water machine, so bottled water is not a healthy drinking water solution, and a water purifier can completely avoid these problems.

Tips

Due to the broad prospects of the water purifier market, there are countless new companies entering the water purifier industry. However, consumers should be careful to distinguish. Many new water purifier manufacturers do not even have their own production bases. Therefore, consumers should look for good water purifier brands when purchasing. Good water purifier brands must be professional in water purification, have their own R&D team, and have after-sales team to support them.